Idaho Breastfeeding Laws

Breastfeeding in Idaho

Nearly all states have multiple laws pertaining to the right to breastfeed. For many years, the only breastfeeding law Idaho had pertained to jury duty exemption. As of July 1, 2018, the existing indecent exposure and obscenity law was amended to provide exemptions from indecent exposure and obscenity for breastfeeding mothers.

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Idaho's Breastfeeding Laws

Idaho Code Section 18-4101 has been amended to provide exemptions from indecent exposure and obscenity for breastfeeding mothers. This was signed March 20, 2018 and became effective July 1, 2018.

Idaho Code § 2-212 (2002) provides that a person who is not disqualified for jury service under § 2-209 may have jury service postponed by the court or the jury commissioner only upon a showing of undue hardship, extreme inconvenience, or public necessity, or upon a showing that the juror is a mother breastfeeding her child. (2002 HB 497)